Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 2006
How many pages is Othello?
Othello by William Shakespeare has a median of 189 pages across 575 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 136 to 246 pages.
Median pages
189
575 editions counted
Range
86–409
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
52k
at 275 words per page
How long will Othello take you?
Reading time
3 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 148 | 14 | 2 h 36 min |
| Paperback | 196 | 49 | 3 h 27 min |
| Mass market | 368 | 3 | 6 h 29 min |
Editions counted
The 575 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 98 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 1,865 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 198 | OL10416655M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 244 | OL7652829M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 196 | OL10370394M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 196 | OL10370628M |
| 2006 | Barnes & Noble | Hardcover | 408 | OL8428629M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 124 | OL8411221M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 192 | OL10370603M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 192 | OL10416588M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 218 | OL10416471M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 104 | OL11684123M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 192 | OL10416679M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 208 | OL9375197M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 172 | OL8411213M |
| 2005 | Cambridge Univeristy Press | – | 312 | OL3307867M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 160 | OL7748720M |
| 2005 | Yale University Press | – | 268 | OL3395536M |
| 2005 | Penguin Classics | – | 272 | OL7358320M |
| 2005 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 304 | OL28978177M |
| 2005 | Sourcebooks | – | 402 | OL3407490M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 256 | OL7748881M |
| 2005 | Sourcebooks MediaFusion | Paperback | 256 | OL8373353M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Hardcover | 128 | OL8491595M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Paperback | 128 | OL8491617M |
| 2004 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 368 | OL7951042M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 184 | OL8482492M |
| 2004 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 368 | OL7951209M |
| 2004 | Heinemann | – | 306 | OL7508272M |
| 2004 | Nick Hern Books | Paperback | 251 | OL8990367M |
| 2004 | Perfection Learning | Paperback | 360 | OL8153681M |
| 2004 | W.W. Norton & Co. | – | 407 | OL3688149M |
| 2003 | SparkNotes | – | 307 | OL3676995M |
| 2003 | Don Johnston | Paperback | 120 | OL11686886M |
| 2003 | Saddleback Publishing | Paperback | 95 | OL12131082M |
| 2003 | Cambridge University Press | – | 221 | OL3319974M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 140 | OL11728051M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 140 | OL9645354M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 140 | OL9864761M |
| 2002 | Nick Hern Books | – | 251 | OL3746950M |
| 2002 | Barron's Educational Series | – | 319 | OL3950846M |
| 2002 | Brady, R.C. | – | 252 | OL28429607M |
| 2002 | Harcourt Canada, Limited | – | 294 | OL28425568M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 140 | OL9657313M |
| 2002 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 304 | OL28426809M |
| 2002 | Oxford University Press | – | 169 | OL3656664M |
| 2001 | Applause | – | 158 | OL3956786M |
| 2001 | Cambridge University Press | – | 148 | OL6796245M |
| 2001 | Penguin Books | – | 145 | OL3946755M |
| 2001 | Applause Books | Paperback | 256 | OL8602199M |
| 2001 | Tandem Library | – | 320 | OL7602581M |
| 2000 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 133 | OL30085999M |
| 2000 | Wiley | – | 229 | OL23031085M |
| 2000 | Cliffs Notes | Paperback | 240 | OL8051885M |
| 1999 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 186 | OL6804832M |
| 1999 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 368 | OL7645345M |
| 1999 | Signet Classics | – | 304 | OL7576931M |
| 1998 | Penguin | – | 246 | OL20184042M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 160 | OL7357115M |
| 1998 | Signet Classics | – | 320 | OL7577270M |
| 1997 | Arden Shakespeare | Hardcover | 300 | OL10186359M |
| 1997 | Quality Paperback Book Club | – | 170 | OL58700440M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions | Paperback | 176 | OL8978399M |
| 1997 | Ginn Press | Hardcover | 120 | OL7786972M |
| 1997 | Nelson Thornes Ltd | Paperback | 320 | OL10762895M |
| 1997 | Thomas Nelson and Sons | – | 409 | OL22288328M |
| 1996 | Prentice Hall | Paperback | 144 | OL9295646M |
| 1996 | Holt Rinehart and Winston | – | 186 | OL7271812M |
| 1996 | Penguin | – | 238 | OL22612031M |
| 1996 | Arden Shakespeare | Paperback | 300 | OL10186360M |
| 1996 | Cliffs Notes | Paperback | 89 | OL9327238M |
| 1996 | Dover Publications | – | 91 | OL964978M |
| 1996 | Feltrinelli | – | 301 | OL61292281M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 143 | OL9732373M |
| 1995 | Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf | – | 153 | OL1116872M |
| 1995 | Scholastic Trade | School & Library Binding | 151 | OL7887286M |
| 1995 | Tuttle Publishing | – | 256 | OL7592717M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 161 | OL7399638M |
| 1994 | Penguin | – | 156 | OL22351299M |
| 1993 | Washington Square Press | – | 314 | OL22470272M |
| 1993 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 128 | OL7649157M |
| 1993 | Methuen Publishing Ltd | – | 316 | OL7498974M |
| 1993 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 368 | OL7663227M |
| 1993 | York Press | – | 255 | OL45793655M |
| 1993 | Washington Square Press | – | 314 | OL32278262M |
| 1993 | Routledge Kegan & Paul | – | 318 | OL7481147M |
| 1993 | Washington Square Press | – | 314 | OL27108789M |
| 1992 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 147 | OL22579808M |
| 1992 | Cambridge University Press | – | 184 | OL22637979M |
| 1992 | Routledge | – | 246 | OL22365766M |
| 1992 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 240 | OL7739314M |
| 1991 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Paperback | 258 | OL9785889M |
| 1991 | Coles Pub Group Ltd | Paperback | 131 | OL10972810M |
| 1990 | Oxford University Press, USA | Paperback | 144 | OL10138822M |
| 1989 | Trans-Atlantic Publications | Paperback | 320 | OL9981497M |
| 1989 | Blackie | – | 136 | OL22426099M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | – | 160 | OL2393618M |
| 1987 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | – | 154 | OL26242109M |
| 1987 | Perfection Form Co. | – | 319 | OL2088868M |
| 1987 | Bristol Classical Press | – | 354 | OL2473712M |
| 1987 | New American Library | – | 286 | OL2742927M |
| 1987 | Perfection Form Co. | Paperback | 319 | OL8253416M |
| 1985 | Penguin Random House | – | 136 | OL28427496M |
| 1985 | University Press of America | – | 153 | OL2541455M |
| 1985 | Swan Books | – | 142 | OL3189875M |
| 1984 | Cambridge University Press | – | 209 | OL3180571M |
| 1983 | Workman Pub. | – | 130 | OL3170383M |
| 1983 | Workman Publishing Company | Paperback | 130 | OL8249535M |
| 1983 | Der Tempel (1983), Hardcover, 130 pages | hardcover | 130 | OL27997396M |
| 1982 | Sydney University Press | – | 166 | OL21405612M |
| 1981 | Penguin Classics | – | 240 | OL7357275M |
| 1980 | C. Praetorius | – | 91 | OL61154001M |
| 1980 | C. Praetorius | – | 91 | OL50321215M |
| 1977 | Francke | – | 328 | OL50465134M |
| 1976 | Plays, inc. | – | 310 | OL4892529M |
| 1976 | Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. | – | 310 | OL21909469M |
| 1976 | Longman | – | 205 | OL4592010M |
| 1975 | Clarendon Press | – | 99 | OL4593627M |
| 1975 | Clarendon Press | – | 255 | OL4938344M |
| 1975 | Clarendon Press | – | 96 | OL4938565M |
| 1974 | University Tutorial Press | – | 255 | OL5244334M |
| 1974 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 304 | OL5421328M |
| 1974 | – | – | 246 | OL58702717M |
| 1974 | The Composing Room | – | 246 | OL51478820M |
| 1974 | Composing Room | – | 200 | OL5236483M |
| 1974 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 346 | OL22492807M |
| 1973 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. | – | 108 | OL21149765M |
| 1973 | Gehenna Press] | – | 141 | OL1316566M |
| 1971 | apollo books | – | 290 | OL58661825M |
| 1971 | W. C. Brown | – | 89 | OL21934527M |
| 1970 | Washington Square Press | – | 129 | OL58914556M |
| 1970 | Penguin Books | – | 160 | OL5755050M |
| 1970 | John Wiley & Sons Inc | – | 160 | OL7598531M |
| 1969 | Cambridge U.P. | – | 246 | OL5719400M |
| 1969 | Xerox College Publishing | – | 141 | OL19643618M |
| 1969 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 316 | OL7716759M |
| 1968 | Penguin Books | – | 242 | OL58974341M |
| 1968 | Washington Square Press | – | 306 | OL58974370M |
| 1968 | Cliff's Notes | – | 89 | OL22922564M |
| 1968 | Oxford U.P. | – | 255 | OL5669211M |
| 1966 | Blaisdell Publishing Compnay | – | 162 | OL58899047M |
| 1966 | Blaisdell Pub. Co. | – | 141 | OL5998056M |
| 1966 | Cambridge University Press | – | 246 | OL20155433M |
| 1966 | Bblaisdell publishing | – | 162 | OL59082315M |
| 1966 | Gloucester | Paperback | 128 | OL10634950M |
| 1965 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL17721577M |
| 1965 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL52384961M |
| 1965 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL21460954M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | – | 188 | OL32148488M |
| 1964 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL15962705M |
| 1964 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL19942649M |
| 1964 | Dent | – | 117 | OL43725963M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 270 | OL20207188M |
| 1963 | Signet Classics | Paperback | 272 | OL11987774M |
| 1963 | A Signet Classic/Signet Books/Published by The New American | – | 274 | OL46897523M |
| 1963 | The New American Library | – | 274 | OL59081947M |
| 1963 | Signet | – | 274 | OL58974343M |
| 1963 | New American Library | – | 270 | OL17022571M |
| 1963 | New American Library | – | 270 | OL21449310M |
| 1963 | – | – | 274 | OL58617212M |
| 1963 | – | – | 274 | OL58628972M |
| 1962 | Bantam Books | – | 293 | OL5875517M |
| 1962 | Methuen | – | 322 | OL58974360M |
| 1962 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL13535219M |
| 1962 | University of London Press | – | 219 | OL5969963M |
| 1961 | Yale University Press | – | 188 | OL15962588M |
| 1960 | Shakespeare Recording Society | – | 118 | OL44877545M |
| 1960 | Shakespeare Recording Society | – | 118 | OL28041751M |
| 1960 | University Press | – | 246 | OL22389204M |
| 1959 | Dell Pub. Co. | – | 252 | OL5790148M |
| 1959 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL22202796M |
| 1958 | Routledge | – | 318 | OL7498964M |
| 1958 | Harvard University Press | – | 246 | OL50295232M |
| 1958 | Penguin Classics | – | 160 | OL7357383M |
| 1958 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL15962670M |
| 1958 | Methuen | – | 246 | OL61198798M |
| 1958 | Penguin Books | – | 154 | OL43720957M |
| 1958 | Harvard University Press | – | 246 | OL22114583M |
| 1958 | Penguin Books | – | 154 | OL15962564M |
| 1957 | – | – | 304 | OL61420730M |
| 1957 | Washington Square Press, Inc. | – | 304 | OL58715067M |
| 1957 | [Pocket Books] | – | 256 | OL6223901M |
| 1957 | University Press | – | 246 | OL6218467M |
| 1957 | Washington Square Press | – | 370 | OL58726412M |
| 1957 | University Press | – | 147 | OL15962736M |
| 1955 | Folio Society | – | 136 | OL6173933M |
| 1955 | Folio Society | – | 136 | OL22369142M |
| 1950 | Pocket Books | – | 256 | OL24957463M |
| 1947 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. | – | 169 | OL22448369M |
| 1947 | Yale university press | – | 188 | OL6512621M |
| 1946 | Appleton-Century-Crofts | – | 113 | OL58914568M |
| 1946 | – | – | 130 | OL58715473M |
| 1941 | Ginn | – | 265 | OL43766286M |
| 1941 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL21582971M |
| 1941 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL21699802M |
| 1941 | Ginn | – | 231 | OL21118796M |
| 1935 | Macmillan | – | 151 | OL19664554M |
| 1935 | J.M. Dent & Sons ltd. | – | 169 | OL6335614M |
| 1930 | Henry E. Huntington Library | – | 92 | OL58362049M |
| 1928 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL61606071M |
| 1927 | Macmillan and Co | – | 205 | OL43933293M |
| 1926 | Ginn | – | 161 | OL23266691M |
| 1926 | Ginn | – | 161 | OL18074569M |
| 1925 | G. Casella | – | 151 | OL52989499M |
| 1924 | D. C. Heath and Co. | – | 228 | OL58974336M |
| 1924 | Heath | – | 176 | OL15962655M |
| 1924 | Heath | – | 176 | OL17763309M |
| 1924 | D. C. Heath and Co. | – | 176 | OL6667611M |
| 1924 | Dent | – | 176 | OL15962624M |
| 1923 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL52989498M |
| 1923 | Editura casei școalelor | – | 185 | OL52989501M |
| 1921 | American Book Co. | – | 216 | OL17439940M |
| 1920 | University of Exeter Press | Paperback | 116 | OL8304542M |
| 1920 | T.C. and E.C. Jack | – | 137 | OL58684475M |
| 1918 | Yale University Press | – | 168 | OL6605656M |
| 1917 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL15962638M |
| 1917 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL14538022M |
| 1914 | Der Tempel Verlag | – | 159 | OL23324003M |
| 1912 | The Macmillan company | – | 179 | OL6547244M |
| 1912 | J. M. Dent and co. | – | 176 | OL62413637M |
| 1909 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 180 | OL13571735M |
| 1909 | Ginn & company | – | 209 | OL7004979M |
| 1909 | Ginn & company | – | 218 | OL43421272M |
| 1909 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 176 | OL25619753M |
| 1908 | Gresham Publishing | – | 151 | OL22640314M |
| 1908 | T.Y. Crowell | – | 311 | OL22403778M |
| 1908 | T.Y. Crowell & co. | – | 311 | OL59260615M |
| 1907 | American book company | – | 216 | OL6986658M |
| 1907 | American Book Co. | – | 263 | OL24473755M |
| 1907 | American Book Co. | – | 263 | OL15962733M |
| 1906 | J.M. Dent | – | 176 | OL16661463M |
| 1905 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL17324242M |
| 1904 | A. Treherne & co. | – | 399 | OL61169458M |
| 1903 | American book company | – | 263 | OL24726609M |
| 1903 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL7193554M |
| 1903 | American book company | – | 263 | OL24760292M |
| 1903 | American book company | – | 263 | OL24817253M |
| 1903 | American book company | – | 263 | OL6936528M |
| 1903 | American book company | – | 263 | OL24889786M |
| 1903 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL7158911M |
| 1903 | Dent | – | 177 | OL16338589M |
| 1902 | Hachette et cie. | – | 333 | OL61449846M |
| 1902 | Nassau | – | 96 | OL22057246M |
| 1901 | University Society | – | 194 | OL23324002M |
| 1901 | Dent | – | 177 | OL61578075M |
| 1900 | Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. | – | 284 | OL59331223M |
| 1898 | American Book Company | – | 216 | OL14161002M |
| 1898 | Bliss, Sands & Co. | – | 135 | OL17784722M |
| 1895 | J.M. Dent & co. | – | 177 | OL24128989M |
| 1895 | J.M. Dent | – | 177 | OL25261673M |
| 1895 | Ca. 1895. | – | 198 | OL58974332M |
| 1893 | G.P. Putnam | – | 223 | OL44949054M |
| 1892 | E. Maynard & co. | – | 180 | OL24188218M |
| 1890 | Harper | – | 214 | OL59920038M |
| 1890 | The Shakespeare Society of New York | – | 259 | OL21246901M |
| 1889 | Cassell & company | – | 192 | OL62097984M |
| 1889 | Koppel | – | 86 | OL43766284M |
| 1887 | Harper & Bros. | – | 214 | OL57489691M |
| 1885 | C. Praetorius | – | 91 | OL6906092M |
| 1885 | C. Praetorius | – | 91 | OL7063438M |
| 1885 | C. Praetorius | – | 91 | OL23366677M |
| 1885 | C. Praetorius | – | 93 | OL14032814M |
| 1885 | C. Praetorius | – | 93 | OL25407786M |
| 1884 | Harper & bros. | – | 214 | OL14688738M |
| 1883 | Ginn, Heath | – | 209 | OL6996457M |
| 1883 | Librairie Ch. Delagrave, ... | – | 262 | OL62008679M |
| 1883 | W. Swan Sonnenschein & co. | – | 179 | OL60173628M |
| 1882 | Samuel French ... | – | 96 | OL62105015M |
| 1881 | Francis Hart | – | 125 | OL59224775M |
| 1881 | Ginn & Heath | – | 209 | OL6650254M |
| 1881 | A.S. Seer | – | 135 | OL26355150M |
| 1879 | Harper & brothers | – | 214 | OL25499719M |
| 1879 | Harper | – | 214 | OL57703979M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & company | – | 125 | OL24817265M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & company | – | 125 | OL24726622M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & company | – | 125 | OL24760293M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & company | – | 125 | OL6685531M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & company | – | 125 | OL24889923M |
| 1876 | Clayton & Co. | – | 135 | OL19690765M |
| 1873 | G. F. Nesbitt & co. | – | 135 | OL24832262M |
| 1873 | G. F. Nesbitt & co. | – | 135 | OL24188183M |
| 1869 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 96 | OL24889903M |
| 1869 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 96 | OL24760177M |
| 1869 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 96 | OL24817994M |
| 1869 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 96 | OL6640420M |
| 1869 | Hurd & Houghton | – | 96 | OL24723292M |
| 1868 | B. Tauchnitz | – | 102 | OL6494283M |
| 1864 | Verlag von R.L. Friderichs | – | 140 | OL62015610M |
| 1860 | Gebroeders Binger | – | 211 | OL62015630M |
| 1830 | G. Mansell | – | 328 | OL62006653M |
| 1808 | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown | – | 89 | OL6765578M |
| 1794 | Printed for Kümmel | – | 134 | OL50219351M |
| 1788 | J. Bell | – | 143 | OL17009459M |
| 1785 | Printed for, and under the direction of, John Bell, British- | – | 143 | OL25922168M |
| 1784 | C. Bathurst, W. & A. Strahan, J. F. & C. Rivington, L. Davis | – | 91 | OL57627416M |
| 1734 | Tonson, Jacob | – | 96 | OL59281944M |
| 1724 | Printed by J. Darby for M. Poulson | – | 96 | OL44952537M |
| 1655 | Printed for William Leak ... | – | 93 | OL59097862M |
| 1655 | Printed for William Leak at the Crown in Fleet-Street, betwe | – | 93 | OL25608445M |
| 1630 | Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Richard Hawkins, and | – | 96 | OL25608435M |
| 1630 | Printed by A. M. for R. Hawkins, and are to be sold at his s | – | 92 | OL58933304M |
| 1622 | Printed by N. O[kes]. for Thomas Walkley, and are to be sold | – | 99 | OL25389972M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Othello?
- About 189 pages: that is the median of 575 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 86 to 409 pages.
- How long does it take to read Othello?
- About 3 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
- How many words is Othello?
- Roughly 52,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).